UNIDEN BC-246T Compact Hand Held Scanner
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Customer Review: Uniden 246T
Summary: 4 Stars
UNIDEN BC-246T Compact Hand Held Scanner
I was so new to scanners I was afraid to get my first scanner. This scanner is beautiful. Easy to carry around. It has great reception, at least in Chicago. It comes preprogrammed with many police and fire frequencies so you can hear it right away..right out of the box..... The manual was a bit confusing, and programming right from the manual was difficult at first. Join a yahoo scanner group...and Get freescan(scanNow.org) or ARC software(butelsoftware.com). Freescan is shareware, but it will make your life soooooo much easier for a beginner...It is logical, even if you screw it up you can put it back quickly. ARC software by Butel was $39, also a good product. Now I am putting in fequencies and tweaking here and there and I LOVE SCANNING. This scanner is great! So many features I didn't even know I needed!
Customer Review: Great scanner...a few negatives though, but not many.
Summary: 4 Stars
This scanner was very easy to take out of the box, put the batteries in, input a frequency...and listen. It is a nice design and mostly user friendly. I am familiar with average scanning, this scanner also has the ability for trunked scanning, I am still learning but it should come easy with info from some good resources. I am a bit disappointed that the PC interface cable is a serial connector...because serial ports are no longer standard on most computers, but a USB cable is available for 30 bucks more. The scanner also came pre programmed with channels for some areas,but none of them applied to my location it will be a pain to delete them. Overall, a very good scanner with more bonuses than drawbacks.Customer Review: VERY NICE SCANNER, VERY FLEXIBLE
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are looking for a handheld scanner without digital, this is as nice as they get in my mind. Yes it is not very intuitive to program, I did my homework, and purchased the Butel ARC246 software, and after learning that I can make my scanner be configured exactly how I want it to function. I am also looking now at purchasing the BCT15 for the vehicle. The ability to have Dynamically Allocated channel, is the best thing anyone has come out with, allows you to have complete flexibility on what you scan and how you use the scanner. Only gave a 4 cause it has a learning curve for newby's especially to trunking. but the software made that much easier.Customer Review: Good Scanner
Summary: 4 Stars
Before you buy any scanner, research what you are trying to listen to and what the scanner is capable of picking up.
This scanner picks up analog trunking but it does not pick up digital trunking. Since I only needed analog trunking, this was a much more afforadable option for me. I use it to listen in on local police action and almost always get a kick out of what I hear.
It did take a lot of trial and error for me to figure out how to program this scanner since it was the first time I had listened in on a trunking system.
Since it is handheld, I can carry this one around the house and out to the car.
Customer Review: Bearcat Trunk Tracker
Summary: 4 Stars
This model is great for scanning trunked systems (800mg). It has an unbeliveable amount of power included. I am picking up freqs over 30 miles away. It is easy to mix conventional and trunked systems. It has a steep learning curve however, you need to use it for a while before settling on what and how you will enter the systems. You need to do the planning they suggest. Suggest you use radioreference.com(free) to get data, you don't need to subscribe to anything else. This model is half the size of my old Bearcat with 30 conventional channels. You won't be disappointed.